Gerry Francis took over from Ossie Ardiles as manager of Spurs on the 15th November in 1994. He had previously been the manager of Queens Park Rangers and, in all fairness, he wasn't terrible at Spurs - but, the fact is, he wasn't great either and his last season in charge was a disaster. He lasted until November of 1997, during which time he had led Spurs to a 7th place finish, an 8th place finish, a 10th place finish and, in his last season, a relegation battle. He was replaced by Christian Gross who led them to a 14th place finish that season - which says a lot about Francis' performance when Gross actually improved the team somewhat. Francis won nothing in his time at White Hart Lane, but the biggest criticism of him was his handling of the club's star player Darren Anderton. It has been argued that Francis is largely responsible for Anderton's notoriously recurring injuries, due to the fact that he would put him in the team when he hadn't sufficiently recovered. During Francis' tenure, Anderton ended up only being able to appear in eight games in the 1995-96 season and in 17 games in the 1996-97 season. All in all, Francis took charge of 119 Premier League games at Spurs, winning 43, drawing 36 and losing 40 of them.
